T.M. Selection: Portland Trail Blazers.

I like the Portland Trail Blazers to cover the spread against the Atlanta Hawks in this game on Monday. The Trail Blazers haven't looked great lately but they just won their most recent game by 9 points over the Wizards and they weren't even favored in that game. I was on them to win that game outright as a dog and they did, now I like them to cover this huge spread against the Hawks since the Hawks haven't looked that great this year either. The Hawks have won 2 games in a row but they have not been impressive wins at all. They have a 6 point win over the Clippers and a 3 point win over the Pacers, both of those games were on their home court too where they have been a better team this year. The Trail Blazers looked a lot better in their most recent game against the Wizards and I think they can carry over some of that momentum into this game now that they finally got a win to end their losing winning drought. The Hawks have only won 4/7 of their previous 7 games and the 4 games they won were all wins by 6 points or less. I think the Hawks will win this game on their home court here but they haven't looked great lately and they certainly haven't been beating the opposing teams they have faced by 10+ points. I think the Trail Blazers will keep this game a bit close. I like the Trail Blazers to cover the spread here.

T.M. Prediction: 113-106 Hawks.